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From: jmh@coyote.uucp (John Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.lang.lisp
Subject: CLIPS copyright status... "COSMIC says..."
Keywords: CLIPS, NASA
Message-ID: <1991Jan6.163400.14187@coyote.uucp>
Date: 6 Jan 91 16:34:00 GMT
Reply-To: jmh@coyote.UUCP (John Hughes)
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
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FYI - This is the straight poop from COSMIC concerning the supposed
copyright status of CLIPS. Just in case there's still some confusion
about what one can and cannot do with the sources and such....

CLIPS is not copyrighted.


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     Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1991 11:01:30 EST
     From: noao!pat@cosmic1.cosmic.uga.edu
     To: noao!jmh%coyote.UUCP
     Message-Id: <0094233b.f12edd00.235@cosmic.cosmic.uga.edu>
     Subject: RE: CLIPS copyright verification needed

     Sorry for the delay in answering.  The computer took a longer
     vacation than I did.

     You are correct in assuming that CLIPS is not a copyrighted product.
     Like most of the programs in our inventory, it is offered as part
     of NASA's Technology Transfer Program, who's mission is to share the 
     benefits of space technology. It is considered polite, however, to
     credit NASA for its contribution to your research or commercial
     products.

     ...[remainder of message relevant to myself deleted]

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I hope this helps clear up some of the divergent opinions.... ;-}

ps. - It's amazing what one can learn by just asking.


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